Husband & dad. Christian & Latter-day Saint. Lawyer, nerd, cyclist, tinkerer, writer & adventurer. BYU and Minnesota Law grad.
Sep 29 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
this is not to call Jared out in particular, because he's only repeating a common attitude, but I think President Oaks' reputation as a conservative hardliner is undeserved
President Oaks is, politically/legally a moderate conservative, but that's only one piece 1/
he has taught the church's traditional doctrine on marriage and sexuality, but he has both in his teachings and example advocated for moderation, has reached across racial, political, and theological divisions, and has been an active participant in intellectual/academic life 2/
May 1, 2024 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
a thought on the Latter-day Saint endowment liturgy:
I've expressed this elsewhere in bits and pieces but I want to say it all in one place.
I think we sometimes focus too much on surface parallels ancient Israelite temple practices and miss important things 1/
about the historical context of when these ordinances were revealed and parallels with the new testament that can illuminate the liturgy.
Start with the term endow. It comes from the new testament and it refers to the day of pentecost, when the holy ghost fell on the 12. 2/
Apr 3, 2024 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
the only other thing I have to say about clients wanting an "aggressive" litigator is this:
you may think you want an aggressive litigator but what will actually benefit you is an attorney who is aggressive in substance, not one who has an aggressive style or demeanor 1/
a substantively aggressive litigator is the one who will obsessively review the documents and find the key points buried in then that win the case, who will chase down the lines of authority for the cases the other side cited and spend the time on research to effectively 2/
Jan 7, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
caramelizing onions up make some soup tonight
DO NOT LISTEN TO RECIPE WRITERS ABOUT CARAMELIZING ONIONS THEY ALL LIE IT TAKES MINIMUM 90 MINUTES
here we are about 12 minutes in
some recipes tell you it only takes 15 minutes LIARS
Sep 21, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
it's a minor point but no, Joseph Smith and the Nauvoo city council did not "burn down" the printing press of Nauvoo expositor.
They voted, after a day and a half of deliberation, to treat it as a public nuisance and abate it. City Marshall John P. Greene then carried out an 1/
order to remove and destroy the press and dumped the type into the street, and burned the remaining copies of the first issue.
A few things to note:
While that would be a violation of the first and fourteenth amendments today, it wasn't under the law that existed then 2/
May 11, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Thinking about the parable of the laborers on the vineyard, and I think the root of the reaction a lot of people have against it—that is unfair that all the laborers get the same wage even though some worked more hours than others—is a failure to recognize that its not about 1/
reward for work done, it's about justice. And justice is about more than reward for work, its about compensation for injury as well. The first-hour laborers worked harder, but all day long they had the security of knowing that at the end of the day they'd have a day's wage 2/
